Business.2010 newsletter: Technology Transfer

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• From the Secretariat
  Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• In context: Technology transfer
• The benefit of technology for the utilization of genetic resources
  Fernando Casas-Castaneda, Senior Advisor, Instituto Alexander von Humboldt; Co-Chair, Ad-Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
• Bringing the Programme of Work into practice
  Horst Freiberg, Senior Advisor, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany, CHM National Focal Point, member of the CHM Informal Advisory Committee
• Engaging people
  Dr. Roger W. Krueger, served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on the CBD, was responsible for Seed Regulatory, Seed Policy and Stewardship at the Monsanto Company
• Quadruple partnerships for technology transfer
  Hunn Paulsen, Head, International Division, Directorate for Nature Management (Norway)
• Engaging business in trade liberalization negotiations
  Hussein Abaza, Chief, Economics and Trade Branch, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
• Helping nations help themselves
  Mongi Hamdi, Chief, Science and Technology Section, Policy and Capacity Building Branch, Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• The university link
  Jonathan Hodrien, Technology Transfer Manager, University of Surrey
• Conservation data for smarter business decisions
  Charles Besancon, Head, Protected Areas Programme, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center
• How to enter the matrix
  Joaquim Machado, President, Chamber on Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentavel (CEBDS); Director, Governmental Affairs on Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Syngenta
• My dream for Africa's entrepreneurs
  Constantine Bartel, Assistant Programme Director, International Center for Trade and Sutainable Development (ICTSD); Co-founder, African Techology Development Forum
• Iraq marshes recovering, thanks to technology
  Surya Chandak, Deputy Director, International Environmental Technology Center, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics

  Aoki Chiziru, Iraq Project Coordinator, International Environmental Technology Center, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
• Enabling environments for technology transfer
  Susan Kling Finston, Founder, Finston Consulting, LLC; Board member, BayhDole25 Inc.; Executive Director to the American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA)
• Business engagement under CITES
  Juan Carlos Vasquez, Legal Affairs Officer, CITES Secretariat
• Synergies for business engagement
  Lucas Assuncao, Chief of Section, Biodversity and Climate Change, United Nations Conferences on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Rethinking business and biodiversity linkages
  Joel Houdet, Biodiversity advisor and PhD student, Orée – Entreprises, territoires et environnement

  Jacques Weber, Director, Institut Francais de la Biodiversite
• Recognizing our global reponsibilities
  Pierre Gratton, Vice President - Sustainable Development and Public Affairs, The Mining and Association of Canada
• Report from Paris
  Alex Heywood, Manager for Biotechnology, nanotechnology, health care and emerging markets at the International Chamber of Commerce's US affiliate, the United States Council for International Business
• Making sure business does not miss 2010
  Yoshihito Iwama, Executive Director, Nippon Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation